January 2014; performance begins at 17:45.
With Staatskapelle Dresden in Tokyo…
Beethoven Symphony 7; April 13,1978:
Brahms Symphony 2; April 5, 1978:
Next season, Mr Blomstedt, not conducting this summer, schedules Bruckner Seven with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and Mahler Nine with the Detroit Symphony, and also includes appearances in Boston, Leipzig and Tokyo. On July 18 next year he conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker in a ninety-ninth-birthday concert.
Blomstedt interviews in book form…
With thanks to Christine.
Berwald bonus: Blomstedt conducts ‘Sinfonie singulière’; Kölner Rundfunksinfonieorchester; 1965.
Eric Kisch writes…
“Just amazing! And we are the grateful beneficiaries of his long lived dedication and insights to this most standard repertoire that he is still a master of. I plan to go to Detroit when he plays there – GM 9 – fingers crossed nothing happens in the interim!!”